What is the DAG file?

DAG is a Directed Acyclic Graph. It is used in all Ethash coins, like Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Metaverse, Ubiq and other coins to provide a proof of work. DAG file is generated every mining epoch and it increases from epoch to epoch. It is very important to know current and future size of DAG file because it has a huge impact on the mining speed. DAG file is locating directly in your GPU memory. And if DAG file is bigger than your GPU memory so your GPUs become useless. To analyze future dag size you can use a calculator or see table below to find out the end of mining with your GPUs.

DAG file changes every epoch. One epoch is 30 000 blocks. The increasing speed of DAG file directly depends on a time of block finding. But the block finding time is not stable it may vary from 10 seconds to 60 seconds for Ethereum. So the day of each epoch is not defined in time, it is defined in blocks. In general, DAG file increases 0.72x per year for Ethereum. But remember it depends on a block finding time. For other networks with slower block find time DAG file increases slower and your GPU can work for a longer time.

Current block table

BlockChain eth coin image Ethereum etc coin image Ethereum Classic exp coin image Expanse ubq coin image Ubiq ubq coin image Metaverse
Current Block  #   #21028914   #   #   # 
Avg Block Time 0.00 s 13.42 s 0.00 s 0.00 s 0.00 s
Current Epoch  #0   #700   #0   #0   #0 
Current DAG Size 1 GB 6.47 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB

*Updated: 12 seconds ago

DAG size calculator

DAG Size: 1.00 GB     Epoch: 100     Start Day: 10/JAN/2018

*It is predictable date and may be changed, it is based on an average block find time.

Important DAG sizes table

Dag Size Epoch Block Day    End of GPUs
1.99 GB №127 #  3,839,999 10/JAN/2018
GTX 1050 2GB R9 380 2GB RX 550 2GB
2.99 GB №256 #  7,679,999 10/JAN/2018
GTX 1060 3GB HD 7950 3GB HD 7970 3GB R9 280X 3GB HD 7950 3GB
3.99 GB №383 # 11,519,999 10/JAN/2018
GTX 1050TI 4GB R9 FURY 4GB R9 380 4GB R9 290X 4GB RX 470 4GB RX 480 4GB RX 570 4GB RX 580 4GB
5.99 GB №639 # 19,199,999 10/JAN/2018
GTX 1060 6GB GTX 980TI 6GB
7.99 GB №895 # 26,879,999 10/JAN/2018
GTX 1070 8GB R9 390 8GB RX 470 8GB RX 480 8GB RX 570 8GB RX 580 8GB GTX 1080 8GB
10.99 GB №1280 # 38,399,999 10/JAN/2018  GTX 1080TI 11GB